Chapter 744: Jade Disk

The Barren Cloud master peak.

Gu Qing Shan had returned.

The master peak was now very lively.

The masters of Ancient Dawn peak, Spirit Echo peak, Perching Cloud peak, and Grey Crane peak were sitting on a platform above an arena that was being constructed.

Many disciples were busy making the arena as well as the surrounding competition venue.

This was an official matter of utmost importance, so every step must be done as thoroughly as possible in order to produce the results they wanted.

“Eldest brother”

“Eldest brother”

As soon as Huang Zhan and Shen Yang saw Gu Qing Shan, they quickly approached him as if they found their saving grace.

“What’s the matter? The two of you seem a bit nervous” Gu Qing Shan smiled.

Huang Zhan told him: “The peak masters said that we will need to fight in the arena”

Shen Yang added: “There are only three of us, but as this matter was related to being selected by the Divinities, we have to do it”

Gu Qing Shan looked past the two of them at the busy cultivators in the sect: “Ah? This place is the master peak, if I remember correctly according to the rules of the sect, no personnel of any other peaks is allowed to desecrate it——— oi, you over there, who allowed you to build this arena?”

The cultivators seemed to be too focused on their work to hear him.

The peak masters exchanged pondering looks.

Gu Qing Shan silently smirked.

Seven years.

For the first time in seven years, he reached his hand into the void of space and grabbed hold of his sword.

The sword gleamed!

The heads of 12 disciples flew.

Everyone’s expressions changed.

Too fast.

The sword was so fast that they felt a chill welling up from inside!

——with the peak masters here, they had thought this matter wouldn’t be any trouble.

Against a few teenage disciples, with their authority, they could just threaten them a bit or at worst shout at them and it would’ve been easily dealt with.

Who knew that Gu Qing Shan would immediately kill their people like that, he was even more ruthless than Xie Gu Hong!

“How dare you!”

Ancient Dawn peak master angrily roared.

Without seeing him do anything, Gu Qing Shan was sent flying back several dozen feet.

“You dared to kill your fellow sect members without reason, even your master wouldn’t be able to save you if he was here!” the Ancient Dawn peak master was furious.

The other peak masters immediately stopped him.

They were knowingly being unreasonable today, so no matter how he reacted, if they were to really kill Xie Gu Hong’s eldest disciple openly while Xie Gu Hong was missing, this would become a huge scandal for the entire cultivation world.

Not only will the other sects rush here asking to investigate, but even the Divinities will also be forced to intervene and question them.

If what they were doing comes to light, this wasn’t going to end well for anyone.

Especially in the off chance—–

That Xie Gu Hong isn’t dead…

Ancient Dawn peak master scoffed and pulled back his fist: “To dare to kill fellow sect members so openly. When I report this to the Divinities, they will surely punish Xie Gu Hong for being powerless to teach his disciples”

Perching Cloud peak master stopped him and scolded Gu Qing Shan: “No matter what happened, we could’ve talked things out, why could you kill them right away like that? Even if you’re the Eldest Disciple of the sect, you were in the wrong no matter how we look at it”

“Heh…”

Gu Qing Shan spat out some blood and grinned.

He took something out from his chest.

The sect master jade disk.

This was something Xie Gu Hong gave him before he left.

This was the peerless symbol of power in the sect, even after tens of thousand years, it still represented unrivaled authority until it was lost in Xie Dao Ling’s hands.

It was because Gu Qing Shan didn’t have this jade disk that he was killed four times in a row by the Divine Beasts of the sect!

Gu Qing Shan held the jade disk tight and infused it with spirit energy.

The jade disk started to glow.

“The sect is in peril, o’ four Divine Beasts of our sect, protect us!” Gu Qing Shan shouted.

Ooom——

Heaven and earth trembled.

The flow of the river was reserved, the wind howled terrifyingly.

Faraway at the horizon, a faint light manifested.

Among the clouds of the South, flaming clouds illuminated the sky.

At the end of the river in the North, an earth-shaking howl of a beast could be heard.

And then the entire seven peaks rumbled nonstop as if something below the river was being woken up.

Everyone’s expressions warped.

“Gu Qing Shan——- stop your hands!” Spirit Echo peak master shouted.

Gu Qing Shan infused more spirit energy.

The sect master jade disk glowed with blinding light.

A 7-colored light erupted from the master peak all the way to the sky.

“Protection!”

Gu Qing Shan operated the jade disk.

The ground of the master peak began to rotate.

Mystical golden runes weaved with silver patterns manifested one after another from the ground, shielding Huang Zhan, Shen Yang, and himself under his control.

The peak master’s expressions were no longer calm.

“Gu Qing Shan, what do you want to do!?”

“You dare to invoke the sect master jade disk!”

“Who gave you the right to use the jade disk? Stop right now!”

They were all shouting.

This commotion had already far exceeded what they expected, enough to alert various parties.

Seeing how things came to this, the peak masters were feeling very regretful.

Damn it!

What kind of disciple did Xie Gu Hong take in!

What a psycho!

Gu Qing Shan wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, completely ignoring them.

With the sect’s grand formation protecting them, their safety can be guaranteed.

“Eldest brother”

A scared voice called out to him from behind.

Gu Qing Shan turned around.

Huang Zhan and Shen Yang were both looking at him worriedly.

Gu Qing Shan smiled to console them: “Everything is fine. Before he left, Master entrusted the jade disk to me, so I’m just dealing with a few things in his place”

While they were talking, the black clouds above began to descend.

A Dragon that gave off a faint golden glow peeked its head out from the clouds.

Following that, a Kirin covered in a shroud of flames also appeared.

The Vermillion Bird flew over, the Spirit Tortoise surfaced from the water.

Taking up every corner of the sky, they all looked towards the Barren Cloud master peak.

「 Who summoned us? 」the Golden Dragon asked.

“I did”

Gu Qing Shan raised the jade disk.

「 What do you need? 」 the Kirin asked.

“To protect the sect” Gu Qing Shan replied.

「 How so? 」the Vermillion Bird asked.

Gu Qing Shan lightly uttered a single word: “Kill”

“Wait!” Ancient Dawn peak master shouted out and began to explain to the four Divine Beasts in the sky: “This brat is acting arbitrarily, he killed his fellow disciples for no reason, operated the jade disk wanting to destroy our Barren Cloud Heavenly Palace, please consider this clearly, o’ Divine Protectors of our sect”

The four Divine Beasts listened and said nothing, only staring at Gu Qing Shan.

Gu Qing Shan simply showed them the jade disk and lightly spoke: “I am the Eldest Disciple of the sect, my Master entrusted the jade disk to me himself, this is how the heritage of the Heavenly Palace is passed down. Everything is as the rules of our sect dictates”

The Golden Dragon spoke with a deep voice: 「 He isn’t lying 」

The Vermillion Bird spoke: 「 In the Heavenly Palace, the master peak is the true heritage, and he even has the jade disk 」

The Spirit Tortoise continued: 「 The sect master jade disk naturally aligns itself with the grand formation of the Heavenly Palace, it cannot be forged 」

The jade disk in Gu Qing Shan’s hand lightly gave off a chime, as if to confirm the Spirit Tortoise’s words.

Hearing that, the four Divine Beasts reaffirms it without a doubt.

The Kirin muses: 「 We only take orders from the jade disk, and so…」

The Golden Dragon finishes: 「 Tell us what to do 」

They were staring closely at Gu Qing Shan.

Gu Qing Shan glanced at the peak masters.

“With the sect master jade disk in my hand, I ask of you, kill them for me”

「「「「 Yes! 」」」」

The four Divine Beasts responded at once.

The wind howled as the clouds swirled.

Immense killing intent erupted from the four Divine Beasts.

They do not know mercy or listen to any plea, once they decide to kill someone, it would simply be done.

The peak masters were flustered.

They never thought for even a second that setting up a mere trap would result in this situation of life and death.

The Ancient Dawn peak master was the first to be unable to keep his calm and shouted to the sky: “Life God, please save me!”

A sea of pure white clouds quickly filled the sky as divine light shined from above like a flowing waterfall.

This light directly went through every protective formation of the sect and directly arrived at the master peak.

A solemn voice questioned: “Four Divine Beasts, your role is to protect this place, why are you trying to kill human cultivators now?”

The Golden Dragon, Kirin, Vermillion Bird, and Spirit Tortoise were all prostrating below the sea of clouds.

A man exuding solemnity silently appeared in the sky.

Boundless divine light drifted around him.

A faint golden light could be seen in between his eyebrows, like a silently burning fire.